Tag: change

In January starry girl will turn four, and start school. This will be a big change for all of us, and I can't quite believe that it's got here so fast. These last few months with her at home for most of the time are, I'm sure, going to go by so fast. She can't... Continue Reading →

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It's weird wearing glasses for the first time. I was actually first given glasses some years ago, but I never really wore them much. Only really for driving (I need them for distance) and, as we don't have a car, that's not very frequent. Recently I realized that I spend most of my time squinting... Continue Reading →

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In the Netherlands school is compulsory from 5, but you can attend from 4, which most children do so. This is a rolling start through the year, so the day after your 4th birthday you start school and children are starting throughout the school year. I found this a bit weird to start with, but... Continue Reading →

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We are in the middle of Sinterklaas season here at the moment. He arrives the first Saturday after the 11th November and is here til the 5th Dec - this year as the 11th November was a Friday he's here for the longest possible. So every shop window has some sort of decoration with the... Continue Reading →

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We're settling into life here now - I've joined an orchestra, started doing yoga & go to church every now and again (that's another reason to improve the Dutch). Rocket boy has started school & starry girl is about to start preschool, which means we are in the middle of a big upheaval in our weekly... Continue Reading →

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Learning any new language is intimidating, especially learning it as an adult. What I want to say in conversation is much more complicated than what my son chatters away to himself. Different tenses, sub-clauses, conditional etc are rarely part of his standard vocabulary and yet they are of mine. Combine that with the alien (to... Continue Reading →

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So, it's three weeks since we arrived and we're starting to fell like we're getting sorted and finding our way about. Here's a brief summary of what we've been doing: - nearly all the boxes are unpacked - bedrooms and bathrooms are pretty much sorted, and we have a new bed - the middle floor... Continue Reading →

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Thinking about our move I'm realising that so many of our cultural references are related to the stories we learnt as children; whether that's from books, films, TV or anywhere else. Which has made me think about what this move means for our children and the future implications it will have for them. They're going... Continue Reading →

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One of the big challenges when moving is to find somewhere to live at the other end. Even more so when you're moving abroad, so have to figure out a completely different system. However, we seem to have managed it remarkably easily. We had planned while we were over there to decide on an area... Continue Reading →